Description

New User Approve plugin automates the user registration process on your WordPress website.

Typically, the user registration process on a WordPress website is pretty straightforward. When a new user registers, their unique identity is created in the website’s database. An email is then sent to the new user that contains their login credentials. Simple as it can be, but it goes to say that there is plenty of room for customization.

Introducing New User Approve – a new way to register users on your WordPress website.

Here is how the process works with New User Approve:

A user registers on the site, and their ID is created.
An email is sent to the administrators of the site.
An administrator is then given a choice to either approve or deny the registration request.
An email is then sent to the user indicating whether they were approved or denied.
If the user is approved, an email will be sent to them that includes their login credentials.
Until the user is approved, they will not be able to login to the site.

Only approved users will be allowed to log in to the site. Thus, users waiting for approval or the ones rejected will not be able to login to the site – Simple, straightforward, and effective.

The user status can be updated even after the initial approval/denial request. The admin can search approve, deny and pending users. Also, users that have been created before the activation of New User Approve will be treated as approved users.

Latest Update – New User Approve v2.3

Automation Made Easier With Zapier
Zapier allows you to automate mundane tasks and processes without the need for a developer. Zapier uses a simple trigger and action for creating commands, which in the case of New User Approve are:

User Approved – Triggers when a user is approved.
User Denied – Triggers when a user is denied.

With Zapier, you can use the trigger events for applications like Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack and more.

Send Invitation Codes
Make the registration process easier by sending the invitation code to those who you want to skip the process altogether. People who user the invitation codes are auto-approved by the system.

The invitation codes will be genrated manually and work smoothly with WooCommerce’s registration mechanism. They can also be edited and deactivated at any time.

New User Approve v2.0 – Improved User Interface & Code Optimization
The overall interface has been revised and improved for a trendy, fresh, and minimal look. The latest design includes a whole new look and experience for the layout so your users can have an experience unlike any other.

The clean and easy user interface always helps the existing and the new customers gain confidence in your website.

Compatibility
New User Approve is compatible with WooCommerce, MemberPress, WP-Foro, Learndash, and Ultimate Member, BuddyPress, Zapier.

Follow New User Approve on Github

Further support at newuserapprove.com.

Custom Actions & Filters
New User Approve can be customized using custom actions and filters. You can find out more about these by browsing the source code.

A commercial plugin that adds a config panel for customization is also available at https://newuserapprove.com/#PricePlan.

The code for this plugin is also available at Github https://github.com/wpexpertsio/new-user-approve. Pull requests are welcomed.

Filters
– new_user_approve_user_status – modify the list of users shown in the tables
– new_user_approve_request_approval_message – modify the request approval message
– new_user_approve_request_approval_subject – modify the request approval subject
– new_user_approve_approve_user_message – modify the user approval message
– new_user_approve_approve_user_subject – modify the user approval subject
– new_user_approve_deny_user_message – modify the user denial message
– new_user_approve_deny_user_subject – modify the user denial subject
– new_user_approve_pending_message – modify message user sees after registration
– new_user_approve_registration_message – modify message after a successful registration
– new_user_approve_register_instructions – modify message that appears on registration screen
– new_user_approve_pending_error – error message shown to pending users when attempting to log in
– new_user_approve_denied_error – error message shown to denied users when attempting to log in
– nua_input_sanitize_hook’,$input,$current – enables you to sanitize and save custom fields
– nua_pass_create_new_user’, $user_pass – modify the password being assiged to newly created user

Actions
– new_user_approve_user_approved – after the user has been approved
– new_user_approve_user_denied – after the user has been denied
– new_user_approve_approve_user – when the user has been approved
– new_user_approve_deny_user – when the user has been denied
– nua_add_settings’, $this->option_page – enables you to add custom setting fields
– nua_enqueue_scripts_for_settings – enables you to add custom scripts on settings page
– nua_settings_main_tab’,$action – enables you to add custom settings tab

DOCUMENTATION

Click here to view the detailed technical documentation of New User Approve Free Version. The documentation includes a step-by-step configuration guide and troubleshooting.

New User Approve Pro Features
Download Premium from here

Ability to remove plugin stats from the admin dashboard.
Remove the admin panel from the WordPress dashboard specifically added to update user status.
Auto approve or reject users by adding them to Blacklist or Whitelist.
Customize the welcome message displayed above the WordPress login form.
Customize the “Pending error message” displayed to the user on the log-in page when their account is still pending approval.
Customize the “Denied error message” displayed to the user when their account is denied approval.
Customize the welcome message displayed above the WordPress registration form.
Customize the “registration complete” message displayed after the user submits the registration form for approval.
Ability To send notification emails to all admins.
Notify admins when a user’s status is updated.
Integration with Zapier – allow you to send data between Zapier and New User Approve.
Zapier trigger events for user approved and denied.
Create invitation codes for user registration form on BuddyPress.
Disable notification emails to current site admin.
Customize the email sent to admin/s when a user registers on the site.
Customize the email sent to the user when their profile is approved.
Customize the email sent to the user when their profile is denied.
Suppress denial notification(s).
Option to send all notification/s in the HTML format.
Different template tags can be used in Notification Emails and other messages.
Invitation codes to invite and approve users automatically.
Invitation codes can be generated manually and automatically.
Import invitation codes via CSV file.

TRANSLATIONS

If you need help in translating the content of this plugin into your language, then take a look at the localization/new-user-approve.pot file, which contains all definitions and can be used with a gettext editor like Poedit (Windows). More information can be found on the Codex.

Belarussian translation by Fat Cow
Brazilian Portuguese translation by leogermani
Bulgarian translation by spaszs
Catalan translation by xoanet
Croatian translation by Nik
Czech translation by GazikT
Danish translation by GeorgWP
Dutch translation by Ronald Moolenaar
Estonian translation by (Rait Huusmann)(https://profiles.wordpress.org/raitulja/)
Finnish translation by Tonttu-ukko
French translation by Philippe Scoffoni
German translation by Christoph Ploedt
Greek translation by Leftys
Hebrew translation by Udi Burg
Hungarian translation by Gabor Varga
Italian translation by Pierfrancesco Marsiaj
Lithuanian translation by Ksaveras
Persian translation by alimir
Polish translation by pik256
Romanian translation by Web Hosting Geeks
Russian translation by Alexey
Serbo-Croation translation by Web Hosting Hub
Slovakian translation by Boris Gereg
Spanish translation by Eduardo Aranda
Swedish translation by Per BjälevikThe code for this plugin is also available at Github – https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve. Pull requests welcomed.

Screenshots

User Registration Approval - Pending Users.
User Registration Approval - Approved Users.
User Registration Approval - Denied Users.
User Registration Approval - Zapier Settings.
Invitation Code Settings - Add Codes.
Invitation Code Settings - Settings.
Pro Features.

Installation

Upload new-user-approve to the wp-content/plugins directory or download from the WordPress backend (Plugins -> Add New -> search for ‘new user approve’)
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
No configuration necessary.

FAQ

Why am I not getting the emails when a new user registers?

The New User Approve plugin uses the functions provided by WordPress to send email. Make sure your host is setup correctly to send email if this happens.

How do I customize the email address and/or name when sending notifications to users?

This is not a function of the plugin but of WordPress. WordPress provides the wp_mail_from and wp_mail_from_name filters to allow you to customize this. There are also a number of plugins that provide a setting to change this to your liking.

What happens to the user’s status after the plugin is deactivated?

If you deactivate the plugin, their status doesn’t matter. The status that the plugin uses is only used by the plugin. All users will be allowed to login as long as they have their username and passwords.

Are there any known issues with the New User Approve plugin?

We are aware of a few issues with multisite
1. The status filters on users.php do not work correctly
2. The bubble that shows next to the users link to show the number of pending users does not show

Reviews

evhalon 2 februarja, 2023

I had a problem and I sent an email, they have answered within 2 hours and fixed my problem with a custom adjustment for my case. Awesome plug-in and awesom team!

onebob 25 januarja, 2023

Does just what it says and is flexible enough to change the text via filters, good value!

edwin01 17 januarja, 2023

Plugin works good, I like that you can customize the e-mails for approving users and my support question was answered in less than 24 hours.

jay777sin 13 januarja, 2023

Plug-in does exactly what it says with really slick emails for admins and members. I like that I can disable or enable the notifications. I like the user interface for approving new members. Easily deny an already approved member as well is a nice feature. The developer is very responsive to answer questions.

mowpress 24 novembra, 2022

A simple plugin can do wonders at times. I must say I find this plugin highly useful, even essential.

dozza 16 novembra, 2022

The Team at New User Approve (WPExperts) recently resolved an issue I had that required them to thoroughly investigate over a number of days. They isolated the cause and were very helpful in assisting me implement the fix. I needed additional roles other than Admin to be able to approve pending requests and they were very helpful.

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Contributors & Developers

“New User Approve” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

WPExperts.io

“New User Approve” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “New User Approve” into your language.

Interested in development?

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Changelog

2.5

Updated localization – pot file updated, French and Italian po mo updated.
Fixed – Approve button color issue.
Fixed – Duplicate text message on user registration by invitation code.
Fixed – Rest API notice.
Improvement – When using invitation code user will not be created if invition code is not given or incorrect invitation code is used.
Improvement – When user successfully registers via invitation code the welcome email not sent, instead Approve email is sent and success message appears.

2.4.1

Tweak – Security Fixes

2.4

Tweak – Code improvement

2.3

Added – Zapier Integration
Added – Filter Hook to Filter password before user creation.
Added – Search approve, deny and pending users.
Improvement – Code Optimization.

2.1

Updated Freemius SDK Version 2.4.3

2.0

Updated- Plugin menu.
Added- the invitation code functionality.
Improved backend UI.

1.9.1

Added filter to enable/disable auto login on WooCommerce checkout, by default it will be enabled.

1.8.9

Issue in user search functionality.

1.8.8

Freemius Library Updated.
‘View all user’ filter not working in users page.
Disable auto login on WooCommerce checkout.

1.8.7

Upgrade to pro menu fixed.

1.8.6

Code optimization.

1.8.5

Added: Support for reCaptcha on default Login and Registration page.

1.8.4

Added: User registeration welcome email
Added: Action Hook – new_user_approve_after_registration
Added: Filter Hook for modify welcome email subject – new_user_approve_welcome_user_subject
Added: Filter Hook for modify welcome email message – new_user_approve_welcome_user_message

1.8.3

Updated Freemius SDK Version 2.4.1

1.8.2

Code Optimization

1.8.1

Tested upto WordPress version 5.5
Tested for compatibility with Memberpress
Added: Compatibility for WooCoommerce

1.8

Tested with WordPress 5.4
Code Optimization

1.7.6

Fixed: Formatting of readme.txt had line breaks where they should have been
Fixed: Fix how deny_user() gets user_email
- Courtesy of jrequiroso
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/22
Fixed: Show unapproved user error message when the user attempts to reset password
Updated: Swedish translations
- Courtesy of adevade
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/59
Updated: Updates to admin approval screen
- Courtesy of adevade
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/60
Added: Don’t allow a super admin to be denied or approved
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/19
Added: readme.md to show content in github

1.7.5

Fixed: User status filter in admin was not using database prefix
- Courtesy of Oizopower
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/50
Fixed: Optimize user status list so it can be used with many users
Fixed: Updated transient to populate with user counts instead of user list
Updated: Modify output of user counts on dashboard
Updated: Polish translations
- Courtesy of pik256
Added: Missing string to translation file
- Courtesy of spaszs
Added: Bulgarian translation
- Courtesy of spaszs

1.7.4

Fixed: Corrected erroneous SQL query when filtering users
Fixed: User filters
- Courtesy of julmuell
- https://github.com/picklewagon/new-user-approve/pull/44
Fixed: Show a user status in the filters only if at least one user has that status

1.7.3

place content in metaboxes in place of dynamically pulling from website
tested with WordPress 4.3.1

1.7.2

tested with WordPress 4.1
fix translation bug
add bubble to user menu for pending users
- Courtesy of howdy_mcgee
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-number-of-pending-users#post-5920371

1.7.1

fix code causing PHP notices
don’t show admin notice for registration setting if S2Member plugin is active
fix issue causing empty password in approval email
update translation files

1.7

email/message tags
refactor messages
send admin approval email after the user has been created
tested with WordPress 4.0
finish updates in preparation of option addon plugin

1.6

improve actions and filters
refactor messages to make them easier to override
show admin notice if the membership setting is turned off
fix bug preventing approvals/denials when using filter
add sidebar in admin to help with support
unit tests
shake the login form when attempting to login as unapproved user
updated French translation

1.5.8

tested with WordPress 3.9
fix bug preventing the notice from hiding on legacy page

1.5.7

fix bug that was preventing bulk approval/denials

1.5.6

add more translations

1.5.5

allow approval from legacy page

1.5.4

fix bug that prevents emails from being sent to admins

1.5.3

add filter for link to approve/deny users
add filter for adding more email addresses to get notifications
fix bug that prevents users to be approved and denied when requested
fix bug that prevents the new user email from including a password
fix bug that prevents search results from showing when searching users

1.5.2

fix link to approve new users in email to admin
fix bug with sending emails to new approved users

1.5.1

fix bug when trying to install on a site with WP 3.5.1

1.5

add more logic to prevent unwanted password resets
add more translations
minor bug fixes
use core definition of tabs
user query updates (requires 3.5)
add status attribute to user profile page
integration with core user table (bulk approve, filtering, etc.)
tested with WordPress 3.6
set email header when sending email
more filters and actions

1.4.2

fix password recovery bug if a user does not have an approve-status meta field
add more translations
tested with WordPress 3.5

1.4.1

delete transient of user statuses when a user is deleted

1.4

add filters
honor the redirect if there is one set when registering
add actions for when a user is approved or denied
add a filter to bypass password reset
add more translations
add user counts by status to dashboard
store the users by status in a transient

1.3.4

remove unused screen_layout_columns filter
tested with WordPress 3.4

1.3.3

fix bug showing error message permanently on login page

1.3.2

fix bug with allowing wrong passwords

1.3.1

add czech, catalan, romanian translations
fix formatting issues in readme.txt
add a filter to modify who has access to approve and deny users
remove deprecated function calls when a user resets a password
don’t allow a user to login without a password

1.3

use the User API to retrieve a user instead of querying the db
require at least WordPress 3.1
add validate_user function to fix authentication problems
add new translations
get rid of plugin errors with WP_DEBUG set to true

1.2.6

fix to include the deprecated code for user search

1.2.5

add french translation

1.2.4

add greek translation

1.2.3

add danish translation

1.2.2

fix localization to work correctly
add polish translation

1.2.1

check for the existence of the login_header function to make compatible with functions that remove it
added “Other Notes” page in readme.txt with localization information.
added belarusian translation files

1.2

add localization support
add a changelog to readme.txt
remove plugin constants that have been defined since 2.6
correct the use of db prepare statements/use prepare on all SQL statements
add wp_enqueue_style for the admin style sheet

1.1.3

replace calls to esc_url() with clean_url() to make plugin compatible with versions less than 2.8

1.1.2

fix the admin ui tab interface for 2.8
add a link to the users profile in the admin interface
fix bug when using email address to retrieve lost password
show blog title correctly on login screen
use get_option() instead of get_settings()

1.1.1

fix approve/deny links
fix formatting issue with email to admin to approve user

1.1

correctly display error message if registration is empty
add a link to the options page from the plugin dashboard
clean up code
style updates
if a user is created through the admin interface, set the status as approved instead of pending
add avatars to user management admin page
improvements to SQL used
verify the user does not already exist before the process is started
add nonces to approve and deny actions
temporary fix for pagination bug